District Media
Media Meeting May 18, 2010
East Middle School- Office Conference Room
12:00 - 4:00
Facilitators - Tina & Wade
Snacks - Beth
Notetaker - Jenn
Bring a laptop with you Agenda Items 5 school days prior
5-18-2010 Agenda
Review of Norms
Tina
3 minutes
12:03
Check In
7 minutes
12:10
Curriculum Sharing
Jim
20 minutes
12:30
Purpose Statement Review and Goal Setting for 2010-2011
Start Time for meetings discussed - 12:00 a tough time for many of us. Consider different starting time for afternoon meetings to accomodate different schedules
Check-In CurriculumSharing Activity - Jim Peterson will open the meeting with an explanation of the databases available to us free through ELM and show you how to connect this to your web page. Notes: Handout from Jim
Contact information for Ann & Rita is in the Minitex catalog to get shortcuts to link to certain databases directly
Rita Baladad, Electronic Resources Librarian
Phone: 612-626-8252
email: rita@minitex.umn.edu
Anne Hatinen, Electronic Resources Librarian
Phone: 612-624-2925
email: hatin004@umn.edu
Notice Brittanica - many different levels to choose from similar to our WB subscription
Go on ELM website and check out the link that divided databases by grade levels
At school, these should all link without needing a password
At home, sometimes the password is elm4you. Other times you need a library card password.
1. Review Meeting Purpose statements
Discussion: At the last meeting we discussed how our learning team is part of the district as a whole.
Some Ideas: As a LT we meet to: Share, Learn, Lead, Grow, Connect, Collaborate, Bond, Plan Sharing/ Learning/ Leading - Sharing for K-12, New Knowledge, our own continuing ed. group
August 31 is Learning Team time - am kickoff & Performance Matters training, pm our team time
Ideas:
tech tools we are all familiar with (what is our set of tools as Media Specialists?) - use tech integration plan as a guide
Big 6
RADCAB
Side notes:
Turning Point student response systems - 100 classroom sets going to buildings, building principals were primary decision makers on who would be getting them, Dave and Belinda will be main go-to people, training will take place at Summer Institute,
Other Side Notes:
each building will get $10,000 for tech spending. $4000 for replacement, etc., $6000 for innovation spending (still must go through tech) from CTIRC, software pieces will be allowed in this money, but must be viewed as something that can be taken away. Building needs to have a committee to decide on these - building can decide on a process and committee (Tina is doing a survey to the staff to determine the process they would like to take with this money - they are trying to get it allocated for July 1 ordering for fall) Tina will share this information. Wade discourages software. Use it or lose it money - can't be banked for next year. Any leftover goes to tech.
Solo 6 Suite will be loaded on every computer -
Action Item: Regardless of time being assigned to us for curriculum review and planning let's come up with goals for next year's meetings.
2. Curriculum Review /Program Review Update Shelly Nelson has agreed to attend. She will be updating us on our curriculum/program review process and what the future holds for our planning process.
Summer Learning Team Curriculum Writing
Elementary
Secondary Discussion:
In Shelly's view, we will have less of a curriculum review and more of a program review. This may fall more under the leadership of the new assessment person. Not guaranteed to take place next year - the schedule is a guideline and a goal.
Shared our past history with Shelly.
Asked for time to spend K-12 looking at how we can align our curriculum with technology standards.
Action Item:
3. Technology Curriculum Review Report Special Presentation by Dave Zukor - Internet Safety information.
Discussion:
After curriculum review there was a need to define such terms as Information Literacy, Digital Fluency, and Digital Citizenship. Dave has developed a resource for common language - Digital Literacy Google site shared with all of us. (Please feel free to change/edit as need be.)
Discussion about creating web sites for resources and the need to make them changeable. Dave wants to focus on Digital Literacy in a common way throughout the schools.
Much discussion about
Action Item:
Discussion needed later for web presence & consistency.
For Wade to look into:On web page for next year: On the school web page, at the building level, under For Students, we would like Media link to direct to our personal Building Media Center Page and we would like to be able to edit it.
4. Revisit CCC - streaming video options Tina, Linda & Dave will give an update on the district decision to move forward with a video product. Discussion:
Recommendation will go to Wade by next Thursday based on feedback from surveys. Decision will be made before end of school this year.
Action Item:
Continue to ask for feedback to be sent to Dave before 27th.
5. State Report Discussion: Action Item:
Please fill out.
6. World Book Subscription Renewal-
Current subscription $5900. 2010-11 renewal $6195.
Discussion:
We have access to other oppotunities for free through the state. World Book and Brittanica comparisons - content seems comparable, Primay Sources in Brittanica? (can do in WB), ability to save work in Brittanica? (can do in WB), some access issues from home (at least in the Samec house), not enough information to do some 4th grade projects on WB
If we choose to discontinue WB, money will go toward funding our video subscription.
Action Item:
7a.Follett - Teacher Patron - import the Skyward assigned number. 7b. New version of Follett on 9.5 -
Discussion:
Bob would like teachers to be imported with their Skyward number into Destiny. Destiny will be used as a tech asset repository piece to show what tech items are checked out to them. Action Item:
Good idea to print out teacher checkouts at end of year to have a record of what teachers have checked out.
Next year we will automate the process of staff and student updates on a regular basis.
Destiny 9.5 will be installed over the summer. Week of June 14th would be ideal week for this update to happen.
8. End of Year - check in procedures and back - up for equipment/computers
Discussion: HS collects all room items (Smart Board tools, remotes, etc.), document cameras,
Teachers who use room over the summer for personal or tutoring use may not have access to projector / SMARTBoard use.
Backups must be done.
Transition from Novell on 28th will not affect summer school computer / printer use. People who are working at the time (admins, etc.) will be moved manually.
Teachers who typically check out computers will need to turn in computers. New computers will be ready by early August. This will be communicated via email and pickup will take place then.
Other discussion:
Student logins on Media Computers - 2nd grade and older log in as selves, patron log in for Media which is limited. Could be auto log-in to patron. No promise that it will be automated and ready to go on September 1.
Action Item:
Wade will send out an email to staff explaining the necessary turn-in procedures. Maybe make provisions for some checkouts & explain this.
Media Specialists will email Help Desk to get Media Center computers transitioned from Novell. Please let them know the summer checkout date closest to June 28th.
Circulation Computers need to be considered in reallocation of computers.
Media Meeting May 18, 2010
East Middle School- Office Conference Room
12:00 - 4:00
Facilitators - Tina & Wade
Snacks - Beth
Notetaker - Jenn
Bring a laptop with you
Agenda Items 5 school days prior
Norms
Start Time for meetings discussed - 12:00 a tough time for many of us. Consider different starting time for afternoon meetings to accomodate different schedules
Check-In
CurriculumSharing Activity - Jim Peterson will open the meeting with an explanation of the databases available to us free through ELM and show you how to connect this to your web page.
Notes: Handout from Jim
Contact information for Ann & Rita is in the Minitex catalog to get shortcuts to link to certain databases directly
Rita Baladad, Electronic Resources Librarian
Phone: 612-626-8252
email: rita@minitex.umn.edu
Anne Hatinen, Electronic Resources Librarian
Phone: 612-624-2925
email: hatin004@umn.edu
Notice Brittanica - many different levels to choose from similar to our WB subscription
Go on ELM website and check out the link that divided databases by grade levels
At school, these should all link without needing a password
At home, sometimes the password is elm4you. Other times you need a library card password.
1. Review Meeting Purpose statements
Discussion: At the last meeting we discussed how our learning team is part of the district as a whole.
Some Ideas:
As a LT we meet to: Share, Learn, Lead, Grow, Connect, Collaborate, Bond, Plan
Sharing/ Learning/ Leading - Sharing for K-12, New Knowledge, our own continuing ed. group
August 31 is Learning Team time - am kickoff & Performance Matters training, pm our team time
Ideas:
Side notes:
Other Side Notes:
Action Item: Regardless of time being assigned to us for curriculum review and planning let's come up with goals for next year's meetings.
2. Curriculum Review /Program Review Update
Shelly Nelson has agreed to attend. She will be updating us on our curriculum/program review process and what the future holds for our planning process.
Summer Learning Team Curriculum Writing
Elementary
Secondary
Discussion:
In Shelly's view, we will have less of a curriculum review and more of a program review. This may fall more under the leadership of the new assessment person. Not guaranteed to take place next year - the schedule is a guideline and a goal.
Shared our past history with Shelly.
Asked for time to spend K-12 looking at how we can align our curriculum with technology standards.
Action Item:
3. Technology Curriculum Review Report
Special Presentation by Dave Zukor - Internet Safety information.
Discussion:
After curriculum review there was a need to define such terms as Information Literacy, Digital Fluency, and Digital Citizenship. Dave has developed a resource for common language - Digital Literacy Google site shared with all of us. (Please feel free to change/edit as need be.)
Discussion about creating web sites for resources and the need to make them changeable. Dave wants to focus on Digital Literacy in a common way throughout the schools.
Much discussion about
Action Item:
Discussion needed later for web presence & consistency.
For Wade to look into: On web page for next year: On the school web page, at the building level, under For Students, we would like Media link to direct to our personal Building Media Center Page and we would like to be able to edit it.
4. Revisit CCC - streaming video options
Tina, Linda & Dave will give an update on the district decision to move forward with a video product.
Discussion:
Recommendation will go to Wade by next Thursday based on feedback from surveys. Decision will be made before end of school this year.
Action Item:
Continue to ask for feedback to be sent to Dave before 27th.
5. State Report
Discussion:
Action Item:
Please fill out.
6. World Book Subscription Renewal-
Current subscription $5900. 2010-11 renewal $6195.
Discussion:
We have access to other oppotunities for free through the state. World Book and Brittanica comparisons - content seems comparable, Primay Sources in Brittanica? (can do in WB), ability to save work in Brittanica? (can do in WB), some access issues from home (at least in the Samec house), not enough information to do some 4th grade projects on WB
If we choose to discontinue WB, money will go toward funding our video subscription.
Action Item:
7a.Follett - Teacher Patron - import the Skyward assigned number.
7b. New version of Follett on 9.5 -
Discussion:
Bob would like teachers to be imported with their Skyward number into Destiny. Destiny will be used as a tech asset repository piece to show what tech items are checked out to them.
Action Item:
Good idea to print out teacher checkouts at end of year to have a record of what teachers have checked out.
Next year we will automate the process of staff and student updates on a regular basis.
Destiny 9.5 will be installed over the summer. Week of June 14th would be ideal week for this update to happen.
8. End of Year - check in procedures and back - up for equipment/computers
Discussion: HS collects all room items (Smart Board tools, remotes, etc.), document cameras,
Teachers who use room over the summer for personal or tutoring use may not have access to projector / SMARTBoard use.
Backups must be done.
Transition from Novell on 28th will not affect summer school computer / printer use. People who are working at the time (admins, etc.) will be moved manually.
Teachers who typically check out computers will need to turn in computers. New computers will be ready by early August. This will be communicated via email and pickup will take place then.
Other discussion:
Student logins on Media Computers - 2nd grade and older log in as selves, patron log in for Media which is limited. Could be auto log-in to patron. No promise that it will be automated and ready to go on September 1.
Action Item:
Wade will send out an email to staff explaining the necessary turn-in procedures. Maybe make provisions for some checkouts & explain this.
Media Specialists will email Help Desk to get Media Center computers transitioned from Novell. Please let them know the summer checkout date closest to June 28th.
Circulation Computers need to be considered in reallocation of computers.